Identifying cheap energy for the future

Month: March 2011

What thin film is to PV, Fresnel is to solar thermal- less efficient but also a lot cheaper than parabolics. Fresnel requires less solar concentration, (and precision technology), less land than parabolics (half the 19m2 separation to avoid shade),… Read More ›

How could so many analysts (Goldman being just one) have gotten Meyer Burger and other solar equipment manufacturers so extraordinarily wrong this year? Meyer Burger has soared since reporting record 2010 results and not just because of a short… Read More ›

Andasol 3 Of all the solar technologies, the one least talked about in financial markets is thermal. When mentioned, solar thermal is usually followed by a long list of ‘inconvenient truths’ such as that plants are complex and take too… Read More ›